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5 Conclusion
In the coming period will be a major challenge in logistics,
technological changes under the influence of Industry 4.0 in the
form of data analysis, Industrial Internet of Things and
digitization. These include selected modern information
technologies that have been analysed in the paper.
Warehouse
Management System, Pick-by-Systems, Radio Frequency
Identification increase productivity, accuracy, and security in
logistics of enterprise. The Fourth Industrial Revolution is
causing a change in business models and increasing the share of
new smart devices. Digitization and transferring big data will
lead to better decisions, resulting in increased operational
efficiency, cost reduction and risk reduction. Hundreds of
thousands and even millions of devices communicate with each
other and send data through different communication channels to
information systems. The Fourth Industrial Revolution was built
by the continuous expansion of the internet and it is estimated
that by 2020, 50 billion to various objects connected to the
internet (Evans, 2011). Processing big data and linking with
digitization will have great potential for storage, transport and
other logistics elements. This will have major consequences for
enterprises because multiple delivery options are created for the
customers and streamline warehouse operations. For this reason,
enterprises will need to reflect on a change in business logistics
and will have to adapt modern information technology to a
greater extent.
The results of the survey show that enterprises in Slovakia would
like to improve the information flow in selected logistics
processes with the greatest percentage of 23.4%.
We also found
that information systems affect procurement logistics with the
greatest share of 41%. In the area of selected modern
technologies applied in logistics of Slovak enterprises it has the
greatest percentage of 27% - Warehouse Management System,
which digitizes stock records and picking goods. The survey
suggests that the introduction of new technologies into the
logistics of the enterprise is faced with barriers. Respondents are
most influenced by input costs, with a percentage of 37%.
As a
result of digitization, logistics forms the basis for the
implementation of new modern technologies, the transition to
advanced production systems and the differentiation of product
offerings. This is confirmed by the test hypothesis that says that
on the significance level of
α = 0,05 there is statistically
important dependence between the improvement of logistics
processes and usage of Warehouse Management System (WMS).
Regardless of industrial sectors, we encourage enterprises to
accept ongoing digitization. The exception is not the area of
logistics, which plays a key role in the enterprise. The innovative
environment will continue to be subject to the changes brought
about by the phenomenon of digitization. Certainly fundamental,
revolutionary and in-depth changes are waiting for us and each
enterprise will have to accept and implement new, modern
information technologies that will be related to the effective
change of business under the influence of Industry 4.0.
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